Broom-holder.



A. MARKO.

BRooM HOLDER. APPLIOTION FILED MAY 1.8,'1908.

922,008D Ptented May 18, 1909.

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ADELBERT MARKO, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIAA BROOM-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ADELBERT MARKO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented a new and useful Broom-Holder, of which the following is a speciiication.

rihe object of the present invention is to provide means for holding brooms in such manner that a number of brooms can be held and displayed in small space, and any broom can be quickly removed therefrom, when desired.

The device is particularly intended as a display rack for brooms, shovels, or similar articles, for use in stores.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention Figure 1 is a side elevation of the broom holder. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. F ig. 3 is a rear elevation of the wall plate or back member of the holder: Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section on line :t4-x4 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section on line fc5- x5 in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a fitting for securing the parts of the holder bracket together. Fig. 7 is a vertical section on line allx7 in Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a modified forni of the bracket arm for the holder.

The holder comprises a wall plate or back member 1 adapted to be fastened to a suitable vertical support, such as a wall or post, bracket arms 2 secured to member 1, and a handle retainer 3 extending from member 1 below the bracket arms. Member or plate 1 is a strip or barpreferably of wood, having screw holes 4 for attachment as aforesaid, and having slits 5 at each side (see Fig. 3). A box shaped iitting 6, preferably of sheet metal, is formed with a back wall 7, side walls 8, and top and bottom walls or flanges 9. The wall 7 is adapted to engage with or seat against the back of member 1, and the side walls 8 are adapted to rest against the edges of member 1, and the top and bottom walls or flanges 9 are adapted to extend into the slits 5 in member 1. Two arms 2, also preferably of wood, fit in the spaces between the flanges 9 ol' fitting 6, and rest with their ends against the side walls 8, so that said arms extend parallel to one another and transverse or at right angles to member 1, and are sufiiciently separated to receive the handles of the broom or other articles in the space between them.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. May 18,

Patented May 18,1909.

1908. Serial N0. 433,442.

l Bars or members 1 and 2 are secured to the fitting 6 by screws 10, the iitting 6 having I holes 11 to receive such screws. To prevent spreading of the arms 2, a helical spring 12 extends between the same, its ends extending down through holes 13 in flanges 9 and engaging in the wood of bars 2. Brace rods 14 extend in the angle between members 1 and 2, and are secured at their ends'to said members, to stiifen the bracket. The tops of members 2 are serrated, notched, or provided with depressions 15, to serve as seats for the shoulders of the brooms. instead of forming these depressions in the bar 2, the f rests may be formed by bending a band 27, so as to provide it with depressions 28, as shown in Fig. 8.

The retainer or handle holder 3 is like an elongated loop or staple and comprises side bars 16, 17, each shouldered at 18 to engage with a metal plate 19, resting against back member 1, each bar 16, 17 having a screw stud extending through member 1 and receiving a nut 20 to hold the bar in place. Bar 16 is longer than bar 17 and is bored longitudinally at the outer end as shown at to receive a helical spring 21. A cross pin 22, near the outer end of bar 16, holds the spring 21 against outward movement, and a pin 23 in a trombone 26, or substanu tially U-shaped closure member, projects through a slot 24 into the bore 25 and engages with the other end of the spring to compress the same when the trombone or member is drawn outward. One leg of member 26 telescopes or slides over the bar 16, and the other leg slides over or engages with the outer end of bar 17, said bar 17 being enough shorter than bar 16 to permit of the part 26 being disengaged therefrom when it is pulled outward, thereby leaving a gap between the member 26 and bar 17, suiiicient for the passage of the handle of a broom, shovel or other article that is supported by the bracket. The inner ends of the member 26 are each provided with a bead or enlarge* ment 29, which will decrease the space between said ends to such an extent that the handles of the articles on the rack will be engaged thereby and prevented from entering the loop of said member thereby leaving a space into which the operator can insert the finger for the purpose of drawing the loop outward when it is desired to open the retainer. v

The device is used as follows: The bracket support. Any number of brooms, or other varticles with handles, up to the capacity ol' the device, may be stacked therein, either by dropping the handle downwardly into the handle retainer, or by opening the retainer by drawing out member 26, and slipping the broom handle through the opening thus made. In either case, the upper part ol the handle is slipped between the arms 2 and the head of the broom, shovel, il'ork or other article is dropped on to the arms 2, so that it rests in the depressions 15.

The bracket members 2 are longer than the retainer or loop members 16 and 17 which will cause the handles of the articles at the outer endsoll the bracket to stand at an angle as indicated in dotted lines in 1, thereby causing the handles to take up less room and avoiding the liability oi' their being in the way, or of being accidentally struck and knocked out ol' the support. lt will also cause them to move outward when the rack is 'full and the trombone or outer member 26 is drawn out for the purpose oi' Opening the space at the end oi the bar 17. This permits ol' the outer handle being readily slipped out through said space after which the entire article can then be removed by slipping the handle near its head out rombetween the outer ends oil the two arms 2. The yielding action ol' the arms 2, secured by using the spring 12 with its ends in engagement therewith so as to draw them toward each other, will cause the outer ends ol' the arms to hold the handles at the heads of the articles against too easy removal but will permit oi their being drawn out from between said arms or being placed between them, as the case may be.

1. ln a broom holder, a bracket having two parallel arms provided with seats, bars below said arms to i'orm a retainer, a trombone member slidable on one of said bars s' `and slidable over the other of said bars., the

inner Vends of said trombone being each provided with an enlargement to prevent the entrance o'll the handles o'l' articles into the loop oi' the trombone and a spring for moving the trombone to closed position.

2. ln a broom holder, a bracket having two parallel arms, two bars below said arms, one of which is longer than the other, and

provided with a longitudinally slotted socket, V

a pin in the outer end ol' said socket a spring in said socket having its outer end in engage'- ment with said pin, a trombone member slidably mounted on the longer arm and engaging with the other arm, said trombone being provided with a pin i'or engaging with the inner end oi` said spring and compressing the spring when the trombone is drawn outward.

3. ln a broom holder, a recessed wall plate, a socket secured to the plate, said socket comprising a wall and two 'forwardly extending, perforated flanged sides, said sides having their Aflanges in said recesses, two forwardly extending arms secured in said socket, said ilanges and arms being perforated, a helical spring having its ends bent down and inserted in said perlorations, and means below said arms for holding the ends of the handles.

1n testimony whereof, l have lhereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 8th day of May 1908. i

ADELBERT MARK@ 

